Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 163 m in New York. Wards Hill stands 562 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Belleville Fire Department Fireman's Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 4.5 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Jefferson County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34899504, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 163 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 10.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.2 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
93 named places within 25 miles
- Belleville Fire Department Fireman's Park: 0.4 mi
- Frederick Williams Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Waterway Access: 2.9 mi
- Adams Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- Firemen's Park: 4.6 mi
- Torrey Hill: 3.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 6.1 mi
- Colwell Hill: 7.2 mi
- Shoecraft Hill: 9.0 mi
- Wheat Hill: 10.5 mi
- Lakeview Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Washington Park: 6.0 mi
- Honeyville Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Henderson Shores Unique Area: 9.3 mi
- Gull Island Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Syracuse Northern Railroad bridge: 15.1 mi
- New York Central Roundhouse: 15.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 16.5 mi
- 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Monument: 24.4 mi
- Gosier: 24.4 mi
- Sackets Harbor Historical Society: 11.3 mi
- Jefferson County Historical Society: 16.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum: 24.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection: 24.8 mi
- Southwick Beach: 5.5 mi
- Gilmore Shore: 11.1 mi
- North Shore: 19.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 14.2 mi
- Salmon River Falls: 18.3 mi
- Adirondack River Outfitters: 16.7 mi
- Fort Drum MWR: 24.4 mi
- Woodward Sidehill: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wards Hill | ESE 119° | 562 m | 23.3 mi |
| Castor Hill | SE 125° | 452 m | 16.2 mi |
| Coey Hill | SE 145° | 373 m | 19.2 mi |
| Underwood Hill | ENE 58° | 348 m | 16.4 mi |
| Myers Hill | SSE 155° | 340 m | 16.2 mi |
| Shoecraft Hill | SE 143° | 327 m | 9.0 mi |
| Orvis Hill | NE 53° | 299 m | 22.3 mi |
| Dry Hill | NE 46° | 288 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:07 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:43 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pulaski, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578179
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